 County voters in 2003 replaced a levy of 16 cents per $1,000 to build a new CenCom headquarters in Bremerton with a sales tax, beginning this year.

 A Bainbridge Island Park District operating levy is collected only every other year, and 2004 isn't the year.

 South Kitsap schools paid off its construction bonds this year, leaving only an operating levy to collect.

Those reductions are offset somewhat by an error in the state Department of Revenue's calculation of the 2003 state school levy. That will add $10 on average per tax statement in addition to the 2004 levy.

The tax rates were adopted by the county commissioners in December after they were submitted by the taxing districts.

They will be applied to assessed valuations that averaged 2 percent higher than a year ago on Bainbridge on the low end and 11 percent more in the Poulsbo area on the high end.

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